Getting Here by Air

St. Vincent’s main airport is the E. T. Joshua Airport in Arnos Vale, a short distance from Kingstown. This airport services international flights as well as flights to and from the Grenadines and other Caribbean destinations.

The major gateways to St. Vincent & The Grenadines from North America and Europe are Barbados,Grenada,Trinidad,St. Lucia,Martinique and Puerto Rico, with connecting flights to Bequia,Canouan,Mustique and UnionIsland.

St. Vincent and the the Grenadines has an Information Desk in the Arrivals Section of the Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados. This desk is opened daily at 1:00 p.m. until the last flight to St. Vincent departs. Personnel are on hand to assist travellers in making connections to their final destinations.

Argyle International Airport, St. Vincent

The US$240,000,000 airport project being built on 290 acres of land is expected to be opened in 2014. The newest updates on the Argyle International Airport, from the International Airport Development Company (IADC) include earth and site works. The Chatoyer-Che Contingent (the name given to the field work force) has completed 72.5 percent of the earthworks on the runway, aprons and taxiways. When completed, the Argyle International Airport will have a paved runway of 9,000 feet in length and 150 feet in width. The passenger terminal building will have a domestic terminal and an international terminal. The building will have three floors with 145,000 square feet of floor space, and is designed to handle about one and a half million passengers annually. The airport will accommodate jets as large as the Boeing 747-400s and will allow for direct flights to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from USA, Canada, Europe and Central and South America.

For information on the construction of the Argyle International Airport on the southeast coast of St. Vincent see here...

Entry & Exit Requirements

Visitors to St. Vincent & The Grenadines must be in possession of a valid passport and a return or onward ticket. Visas are required from nationals of The Dominican Republic, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The People's Republic of China, Iraq, Iran and Nigeria.

All visitors, with the exception of Caricom residents, are normally granted a four week stay by Immigration. To further extend this duration, visitors need to seek approval from the Immigration Department, along with payment of an extension fee of EC$25 per person.

As of May 2015 the EU signed short-stay visa waiver agreements to provide visa-free travel for EU citizens when travelling to St Vincent and the Grenadines, and for Vincentian citizens when travelling to the EU, for a period of stay of 90 days in any 180-day period. In order to benefit from visa-free travel, citizens from the EU and St Vincent and the Grenadines must be in possession of a valid ordinary, diplomatic, service/official or special passport. Visa-free travel applies to all categories of persons and for any kind of purposes of travel (for instance tourism, cultural visits, scientific activities, family visits, business etc.), except to persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. Ireland and the United Kingdom will not be subject to the application of the agreement, in accordance with the protocols annexed to the EU treaties. The visa regime to these member states remains subject to their national legislation.

Precautionary Measures Against Ebola Viral Disease

The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment has advised of the following measures in order to prevent the entry of Ebola Viral Disease into St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and has taken the following decisions with respect to persons coming from West Africa:•ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Persons travelling to SVG from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia or those who have visited any of the aforementioned countries during a 28 day period will not be allowed entry into SVG.•ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Persons travelling to SVG from Nigeria or any other West African country or those who visited any of aforementioned countries during a 28 day period must present upon entry to SVG a negative PCR blood test result for Ebola (done not more than 7 days prior to leaving their home country to come to SVG) in order to be allowed entry into SVG.The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has further advised that before passengers are allowed to disembark from cruise ships, the following information MUSTÂÂÂ be forwarded to the Ministry of Health or its representative.•ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Number of passengers on board •ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Names of passengers•ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Nationality, and travel history of each passenger (for the past 21 days )•ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ Information stating if passengers were ill in the previous 21 days with any of following symptoms: fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bleeding, fainting episodes, fatigue, hiccups and loss of appetite.If a passenger reports any of the above symptoms he/she will not be allowed to disembark.